R&D Finance Lead - Compute & Engineering Spend

Parallel; San Francisco (CA); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary

Generous equity

Visa sponsorships

401K plans

Lunch and snacks

Office dinners

Unlimited vacation

Caltrain commute

Zusammenfassung

Parallel is seeking a finance lead for its research and engineering organization. You’ll own the cost model for compute, tracking training, inference, and infrastructure spend, and forecast where it’s headed as the product scales.

You’ll partner with engineering and research leadership on headcount plans, budgets, and tradeoffs between building, buying, and spending more compute. You’ll work with procurement on compute and vendor negotiations, and with accounting on how R&D costs get treated and

Qualifikationen

• Owned finance for an engineering or infrastructure organization at a high-growth tech company.
• Experience building cost models for compute, training, inference, and infrastructure spend.
• Ability to forecast spend and costs as products scale.
• Experience turning technical cost data into clear recommendations for leadership.
• Familiarity with AI tooling to assist finance work.

Aufgaben

• Own the model for compute costs within Parallel’s research and engineering organization.
• Track training, inference, and infrastructure spend against commitments and usage.
• Forecast future spend as the product scales and guide budgeting decisions.
• Partner with engineering and research leadership on headcount plans, budgets, and tradeoffs between building, buying, and spending more compute.
• Collaborate with procurement on compute/vendor negotiations and with accounting on R&D cost treatment and capitalization.
• Translate cost per query, gross margin, and infrastructure efficiency into actionable recommendations for the founding team.

Jobbeschreibung

Parallel is seeking a finance lead for its research and engineering organization. You’ll own the cost model for compute, tracking training, inference, and infrastructure spend, and forecast where it’s headed as the product scales.

You’ll partner with engineering and research leadership on headcount plans, budgets, and tradeoffs between building, buying, and spending more compute. You’ll work with procurement on compute and vendor negotiations, and with accounting on how R&D costs get treated and